Chardonnay

Chardonnay is a white grape with high acidity and medium to full-bodied, with aroma’s of  apricots and apples, sometimes butter as well.
Can be stored very well on wood.
Some Chardonnay wines can be stored for a long time.

Easy to cultivate, grows in cool and warm climates, provides a high yield.
The best qualities are attained on limey soil.
Well known in Bourgogne, especially in Montrachet and Meursault.
These are wood-stored styles.

Chablis (northern Bourgogne) usually has no wood-storing.
The very cool climate provides for very distinct tones of citrus.
These wines are mono-cépages: wines of a single grape variety.

One third of all the Champaign grapes is Chardonnay.
If a Champaign is made solely from Chardonnay it is called blanc de blanc.

Chardonnay is planted all over the world.
It is called “The Chameleon” because it is possible to create any style with it, but the best known international style is with quite some wood-storing.